Overview
Beautiful mini version of the popular original! Small clumps
give rise
to blue flower clusters
on erect
stalks
. Exciting rock garden or border
item. Excellent in containers
. Evergreen
perennial
. Full to partial sun. Moderate grower to 8 to 12 inches tall and wide, stalks up to 18 inches tall. Seed grown.
Attractive, blue flowers on stalks above clumping, evergreen perennial. Good container plant in colder areas, yearly color accent in outdoor beds
where winters are more mild. Fire resistant. Full to partial sun. Moderate grower to 18 inches tall and wider, 2½ foot
tall flower stalks. Seed grown.
Common Names
Common Names in English:
African Lily, African-Lily, Blue Agapanthus, Dwarf Lily of the Nile, Lily of the Nile, Lily-Of-The-Nile
Description
Physical Description
Habit: Clumping
Flowers: Bloom Period: April, May, June, July, August. • Flower Color: Blue • Flower Conspicuous: Round clusters 6 - 12 in. across of many trumpet-shaped flowers 1 - 2 in. long
Foliage: Long leaves to 12 in. or more • Foliage Shape: Strap-shaped • Normal foliage color: Green • Underside foliage: Green • Juvenile foliage: Green • Mature foliage: Green • New foliage: Green • Spring foliage: Green • Summer foliage: Green • Fall foliage: Green • Winter foliage: Gray
Size/Age/Growth
Growth Rate: Moderate Growing • Size: Moderate grower to 18 in. tall and wide, 2 ft . tall flower stalks .
Landscaping
Care: Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system . Control weeds until the plants have filled in. Feed with a general purpose fertilizer .
Biology
Growth
Culture: Space 36-48" apart.
Soil: Minimum pH: 6.6 • Maximum pH: 7.5
Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full to partial sun
Moisture: Water Requirements: Once established needs only occasional water.
Temperature: Heat Zones: High: 12 (>210 days) Low:1 (< 1 days) (map) • Cold Hardiness: 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b, 10a, 10b, 11. (map)
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
)
- Plants
- Phylum:
Magnoliophyta
()
- Flowering Plants
- Class:
Liliopsida
()
- Order:
Asparagales
()
- Family:
Noctuoidea
()
- Subfamily:
Agapanthoideae
()
- Genus:
Agapanthus
()
- L'H and eacute;r.
- Specific epithet:
africanus
- (L.) Hoffmanns.
- Botanical name: - Agapanthus africanus (L.) Hoffmanns.
- Specific epithet:
africanus
- (L.) Hoffmanns.
- Genus:
Agapanthus
(
- Subfamily:
Agapanthoideae
(
- Family:
Noctuoidea
(
- Order:
Asparagales
(
- Class:
Liliopsida
(
- Phylum:
Magnoliophyta
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Agaloma marginata (Pursh) á. Löve and D. Löve
- Euphorbia bejariensis Dc.
- Euphorbia leucoloma Raf.
- Euphorbia marginata var. uloleuca Engelm. and A. Gray
- Euphorbia variegata Sims
- Lepadena leucoloma (Raf.) Raf.
- Lepadena marginata (Pursh) Nieuwl.
- Tithymalus marginatus forma inornata Daniels
- Tithymalus marginatus var. tetramerus Cockerell
- Tithymalus variegatus (Sims) Haw.
Notes
Publishing author
: L'Hér. Publication
: Sert. Angl. 18. Place of publication: Verz. Pfl.-Kult. 35. 1824.
Name
verified on 03-Jul-2007 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 03-Jul-2007.
Name Status: Accepted Name
. Latest taxonomic
scrutiny: 15-Mar-2000.
Similar Species
Members of the genus Agapanthus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 525 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:
A. 'Aberdeen' · A. 'Accent' · A. 'Adonis' · A. aff. hookerianus · A. africanus (Dwarf Lily of the Nile) · A. africanus (L.) Hoffmanns. 'Maximus Albus' · A. africanus (L.) Hoffmanns. var. minor hort. 'Maximus Albus' · A. africanus 'Albus' (White Lily of the Nile) · A. africanus 'Back in Black' · A. africanus 'Bressingham Blue' (Lily of The Nile) · A. africanus f. albus 'Bressingham White' (White-Flowered African Lily) · A. africanus hybrid · A. africanus 'Minimus' · A. africanus minor · A. africanus 'Prolific Blue' · A. africanus 'Prolific White' · A. africanus 'Queen Anne' (Queen Anne Lily of The Nile) · A. africanus 'Streamline Dwarf' (Streamline Lily of The Nile) · A. africanus 'Summer Gold' (Lily of The Nile) · A. africanus 'Trebah' · A. africanus 'Windsor Grey' · A. 'African Moon' · A. 'Albatross' · A. 'Albus' · A. 'Albus Nanus' · A. 'Albus Roseus' · A. 'Alice Gloucester' · A. 'Amsterdam' · A. 'Angela' · A. 'Anthea' · A. 'Aphrodite' · A. 'Apple Court' · A. 'Aquamarine' · A. 'Arctic Star' · A. Ardernei hybrid · A. 'Argenteus Vittatus' · A. 'Atlas' · A. 'Aureovittatus' · A. 'Baby Blue' · A. 'Back in Black' · A. 'Ballyrogan' · A. 'Balmoral' · A. 'Bangor Blue' · A. 'Basutoland' · A. 'Beatrice' · A. 'Becky' · A. 'Beeches Dwarf' · A. 'Beechpark Seedling' · A. 'Ben Hope' · A. 'Bethlehem Star' · A. 'Beth Chatto' · A. 'Bianco' · A. 'Bicton Bell' · A. 'Bicton Hybrid' · A. 'Big Blue' · A. 'Birchall' · A. 'Black Beauty' · A. 'Black Pantha' · A. 'Blauwe Valk' · A. 'Bleuet' · A. 'Bluety' · A. 'Blue Baby' · A. Blue Bird · A. 'Blue Bird' · A. 'Blue Boy' · A. 'Blue Brush' · A. 'Blue Cascade' · A. 'Blue Companion' · A. 'Blue Diamond' · A. 'Blue Dot' · A. 'Blue Formality' · A. 'Blue Fortune' · A. 'Blue Giant' · A. 'Blue Globe' (Lily of The Nile) · A. 'Blue Gown' · A. 'Blue Haze' · A. 'Blue Heaven' (Lily of The Nile) · A. 'Blue Ice' · A. 'Blue Imp' · A. 'Blue Lakes' · A. 'Blue Moon' · A. 'Blue Nile' · A. 'Blue Prince' · A. 'Blue Ribbon' · A. 'Blue Skies' · A. 'Blue Spear' · A. 'Blue Star' · A. 'Blue Steel' · A. 'Blue Triumphator' (Lily of The Nile) · A. 'Blue Umbrella' · A. 'Blue Velvet' · A. 'Bressingham Blue' · A. 'Bressingham Bounty' · A. 'Bressingham White' · A. 'Bristol' · A. 'Buckingham Palace' · A. 'Caeruleus' · A. 'Cally Blue' · A. calyciflorus · A. 'Cambridge'
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Further Reading
- Botanisches Zentralblatt; referierendes Organ fr das Gesamtgebiet der Botanik. Jena [etc.]G. Fischer [etc.] GER url p. 555.
- Encke, F. 1958 –1961. Pareys Blumengaertnerei, ed. 2. (Pareys Bl)
- Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. (Zander ed13)
- Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage. (Zander ed14)
- Flora of Guatemala / Paul C. Standley and Julian A. Steyermark. Chicago: Chicago Natural History Museum, 1952. ENG url p. 61.
- Gibbs Russell, G. E. et al. 1985. List of species of Southern African plants, ed. 2. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa v. 51.; v. 56. 1987 (L SAfr)
- Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. (Dict Gard)
- Just's botanischer jahresbericht. Systematisch geordnetes repertorium der botanischen literatur aller lnder. Berlin, Gebr. Borntraeger, 1874-98; GER url p. 576, p. 652.
- Leighton, F. M. 1939. Herbertia 6:105.
- Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
- Snoeijer, W. Agapanthus: a revision of the genus. 2004 (Gen Agapanthus) 64.
- Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986 –. European garden flora. (Eur Gard F)
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 and ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed November 3, 2006.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 28, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
- The International Plant Names Index. Accessed Jan 19, 2007.
- USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL (April 25, 2008)
- USDA, NRCS. 2005. The PLANTS Database, Version 3.5 (http://plants.usda.gov). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.
- World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 28, 2008:
- Comisión nacional para el conocimiento y uso de la biodiversidad: Herbario del Instituto de Ecología, A.C., México (IE-BAJÍO)
- Comisión nacional para el conocimiento y uso de la biodiversidad: Herbario del Instituto de Ecología, A.C., México (IE-XAL)
- GBIF-Spain: Universidad de Extremadura, UNEX
- Missouri Botanical Garden
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2670445
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Kew-293521
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13764103
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:527260-1
- GRIN Nomen Number: 1658
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 506476
- International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 527259-1
- U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: AGAF
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 19834
